contractor edward snowden which exposed america's massive surveillance. the old media organizations are we a branch of the establishment. we also talk to wiki leaks founder julian assange about the state of journalism today and his new media road movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team shawn thomas glad to have you with us now investigators say they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in southern russian city of volgograd some evidence now suggests a man that may have been involved in the first reports of those said it was a lone female suicide bomber it has been confirmed fifteen people were killed in the attack which targeted the city's central railway station. has details. the bomb went off just before one pm on the cross busy train station it did to nation ripped through an area around a security checkpoint as in suspecting passengers waited for their luggage to be inspected before leaving i bent down to

no sir while most americans think edward snowden the u.s. government tectum is a spy and a traitor united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to catering to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the u.s. like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we kill leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of u.s. involvement in wartime just another man who found himself in jail this year was john key the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate carries suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to serve his two and a half year sentence i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture in th

allies went to work on snowden's associates in london the partner of n.s.a. leaks journalist glenn greenwald was detained at london's heathrow airport and questioned for nine hours because he had some of snowden's documents in his possession then the guardian newspaper in august revealed the men in black suits that entered their offices telling them to destroy hard drives containing classified files or else that g c h q raid took place in july according to the newspaper but by then it was too little too late the publications outed her and chief said there are many copies of these documents in other parts of the world or syria for correspondence but on top of this story let's cross to her she's in london she's been following it closely so either a happy new year to you very shortly thank you for being with us tonight to see you as always snowden certainly put his name on them are a lot of other information too putting it mildly. absolutely well for worse or for better twenty thirteen certainly been a year that demanded our attention and the snowden revelations

contractor edward snowden which exposed america's mass surveillance. the old media organizations are simply a branch of the establishment. we also talk to we could leaks founder julian assange about the state of journalism today and his new media standard road movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets. and broadcasting a lot of direct from our studios in moscow this is our team sean thomas let's get right to our top story in investigators say they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in the southern russian city of volgograd that killed fifteen people ninety's correspondent margaret how will be joining us later with more information we'll bring you her report a little bit later but anti-war activist don de bar now he believes that the international community should have bring to account the state actors that enable such terrorist attacks. people on the ground who did this perhaps may be you know anonymous players just individuals who are incited one way or another but you d

tell us about this alternative address from snowden, phil. >> richelle edward snowden apparently taped this in moscow and it will be airing shortly on britain's channel 4. we expect -- we do have an early release transcript of what he will say, and the bulk of it is about privacy issues, and in particular edward snowden says that children born today may grow up in a world where they have no idea what personal privacy is. he -- he pointed out several issues about technology and how easy it is to eavesdrop on all of us now a days with our smartphones and internet access. he also in particular points out the british author george orewell's 1984 novel in which of course famously there is the presence of big brother in everyone's lives. so it this a tradition in britain, and many will be looking to see exactly what edward snowden says. as you say his first televised appearance. >> you say that this is a tradition in britain. give us a little bit more of the history of this channel 4 alternative address. who else has done this? >> well, notably then iranian president did it one year. channel

espionage at the assembly meeting. >> edward snowden has political support. legislators has asked for support in hearings. the only person to grant him asylum is the president. >> and the brazilian government sis it has not received initial request from edward snowden for asylum. the white house appears to send a message to russia, with the official u.s. delegation to the 2014 olympics in socchi. president obama will not travel to russia. the delegation includes no other high-ranking officials. he is sending two highly gay athletes, billy jean king, and hockey player caitlin cahol. the delegation represents the diversity that is the united states. russia is taking heat over its inacted laws against gay proppa glandsa. ondeuce billy jean king sent out this tweet: >> the u.s. says russia's massive bailout of ukraine will not address the concerns of ukrainian protesters. demonstrators opposed to the deal gathered in the capital kiev, and want ukraine to have closer ties with the european union. russia is providing a financial live line for a country that is trap

edward snowden says george orwell's fictitious big brother is no match for the u.s. national security agency the types of collection the book microphones and video cameras t.v.'s that watches are nothing compared to what we have today snowden revealed that a secret court rubber stamps warrants for telecommunication companies to hand out the data of millions of their customers he also leaked the programs that the government uses to track virtually anything anybody does on the internet and also store that information and he showed how the u.s. government had lie about mass surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government tectum as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is advocating to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is

snowden says in the interview that he has no regrets. they met somewhere in moscow, the story doesn't reveal the location in a room where edward snowden kept the curtains closed. according to today's "washington post," snowden said, "i already won." in terms of personal s satisfacti satisfaction, the mission is already splished. snowden spoke for hours to the reporter for the washington post. >> he is very much at peace with his choices. he wanted to provoke and inspire and galvanize a public debate. he has succeeded in that beyond any reasonable ambition. >> reporter: snowden claimed that he first raised his concerns about the reach of government surveillance to nsa co-workers and supervisors more than a year ago. >> almost recklessly, if you don't want to get caught, he was asking them about what he called the front page test. what do you think the american people would think if they knew about this? >> reporter: but the nsa says the investigation turned up no evidence that he brought his concerns to anyone's attention. in the intervie

no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government tectum as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to catering to tele tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the us like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we could leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of us involved thinking and want to find. another man who found himself in jail this year was john king the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate carol suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to have served his two and a half years sentence i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about

leaker edward snowden. in exchange the government would want the rest of the documents he took. >> the world says goodbye to iconic apartheid leader nelson mandela. he was buried in his childhood village in a traditional state funeral. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. south america's wealthiest country has a new leader. left-wing candidate michelle bachelet has been elected president for a second time. al jazeera's correspondent has the latest on the victory. >> she's back. chillie's most popular former president michelle bachelet elected again on the promise of reforms, so make south america's stable economy more equal. >> it is time for a new constitution, for a democracy this ensures rights for people, guaranteeing the future voice of the poor majority will not be silenced in the minority. >> michelle bachelet's personal appeal is unquestionable. >> i'm thrilled. michelle bachelet is an amazing woman whose thoughts will guarantee my son will study for free. >> rob matheson math. >> eu

what it does is vicinity kates edward snowden. he came forward because he said he discovered what the government was doing was illegal and a federal court, not a liberal, great with him. i think it's a huge turning point in how the story played out. >> you said that the megadata collection is more invasive. >> the government tried to claim if we collect just megadata. that somehow it is not invasive. megadata is a list of every person that calls you, how long you speak on the phone, when you call them and where you are when you do so. the same is true for emails. it reveals your location, the type of device you use and the reason megadata is more ipp vasive, if you think of the example i use, a woman who calls an abortion clinic. if you listen to the woman, eavesdropping on her call, you'll hear somebody pick up the phone, answer with a generic sound, hear the woman make an appointment and hang up. you'll have it no idea what the purpose was. if you collect metadata you see that she's calling someone you identify was an abortion p

let's now take a closer look at snowden exposed about n.s.a. surveillance its collection millions of phone records in america every day and it also has access to internet giants like google facebook and microsoft and is harvesting online data around the globe under on top of that the security agency telling its european citizens and even top say you need is but at the same time germany and the u.k. along with australia and canada actually closely collaborating with american intelligence lashed american governments and companies are a major target for u.s. spies plus the n.s.a. is collecting data from fiber optic cables that carry most of the world's internet and phone traffic and a former cia officer ray mcgovern believes those violating privacy should face justice not that any. i am delighted to hear that ed snowden on his desk in honolulu had a copy of the constitution of the united states all dog eared because he used it to argue with his his come patriots there it is say as to whether what they were doing was legal whether it was constituti

edward snowden fled to hong kong and then moscow. edward snowden was defiant saying, "i shared with the world evidence: >> al jazeera's john siegenthaler reporting. >> the report says metadata that is currently collected should be held by service providers for third party s with government access granted only following a court order. >> for the first time in three years congress passed a bipartisan budget deal. the deal cleared the senate with 64 votes, despite opposition from conservative republicans and tea party members. it will go to pam re, who promised to sign it into law. ittees it eases spending cuts and abaits a risk to a shut down for two years. >> health insurance customers are giving customers extra days to pay their premiums. the first premium payment is due on january 10th. consumers must select a plan by next monday for coverage on the first of the new year. a day after russia offered to bail out the ukraine, there is word the european union is willing to fork over more money. the former republic was given a loan. ukra

political commentator sam sachs takes a look back on the year of snowden. june fifth a bombshell report the guardian's glenn greenwald has secret documents revealing how the n.s.a. is collecting the phone records of millions of arising customers two days later june seventh the washington post barton gellman working with filmmaker lawyer portress follows up with a no other huge story three top secret program known as prism the n.s.a. is also digging into the internet data repast tori's at major tech companies the n.s.a. is surveilling both our telephone and internet communications on a scale unimaginable before this directly contradicts a claim made months earlier under oath by the director of national intelligence james clapper does the n.s.a. collect any type of data at all and millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir two days later on june ninth a former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden comes forward as the source of the recent n.s.a. stories he's left the united states and is in hong kong he says he's a whistleblower and he's handed over his

. >> i think edward snowden is a hero. what he's been doing, is he went to china, to give the documents. it's amazing the debate that he created for the world. he helped my country to understand everything that happens here, how the u.s. has spoilt the president and the population. i wanted to help him get out in a place. i think it's a good democracy, and he can be - have his human rights defend. >> you want edward snowden to come to brazil. is it a real possibility? >> i want edward snowden to be in any country with the willingness and ability to protect its human rights and ensure that he is not persecuted by the united states for decades in prison for going the acts of the united states. whether it's brazil or russia or any other countries. that would be a good outcome. there's a possibility that brazil, for the reasons said. a lot of the reporting that came from the documents, that he showed very large-scale violations of brazilian citizens and this country has been appreciative of that reporting, and understands how

snowden told the "washington post": snowden, a former n.s.a. computer specialist, has leaked top secret files detailing how the u.s. collects massive amounts of phone and internet data. the government argues bulk collections helped detect terrorist plots, but in defending his leaks in june, snowden told britain's the "guardian" newspaper innocent americans need to know their privacy rights are being violated. >> the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong. >> reporter: snowden made the same point to the "post," insisting he's a whistle-blower and not a defector. >> reporter: but the u.s. justice department has charged him under the espionage act with divulging classified information. snowden's supporters say he might return to the u.s. if prosecutors back off. in an interview last month, attorney general eric holder said that won't happen. would you entertain any kind of immunity deal for snowden? >> i don't think there's a basis for that, at this point. what he did harmed our national security in a great m

snowden's christmas all tern -- alternative christmas address was privacy. he went on and on about it in certain -- in a number of different aspects. he was speaking about government and new technologies and how to balance all of that with personal privacy. at one point he said that a child born today will most likely not know what it is to have personal privacy. it was -- it was a -- relatively brief address. he did wish everybody a merry christmas, but speaking to the british audience -- now keep in mind this is bound to be watched ash the world, not least of which in washington, at up with point he did say that what is -- in many ways most alarming is that the future envisioned by the great british author, george orewell was nothing compared to the capabilities and surveillance techniques now in the hands of goes. >> phil ittner thank you so much. ahead on al jazeera america, the aloha state and land of lincoln, they are lobbying hard for rights of the future home of the presidential library of barack obama. >>> and educational opportunity that takes afgh

contractor edward snowden comes forward as the source of the recent n.s.a. stories he's left the united states and is in hong kong he says he's a whistleblower and he's handed over his trove of evidence to journalists and the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong snowden is later forced to hide out in russia as over the next six months the world's newspapers begin publishing the n.s.a.'s angy c.-h. cues most closely guarded secrets dragnet surveillance on entire foreign populations targeted surveillance on diplomats and world leaders including key allies the black budget of the u.s. intelligence agencies the deliberate tapping of undersea fiber optic cables a commitment to breaking in corruption standards we also learned that the n.s.a. has secretly hacked into google and yahoo is data links barton gellman calls this the most explosive story and it's a was breaking into the data links the private owned the links between for example to google data centers this one in finland and one in hong kong and there intercepting t

leaks coming from edward snowden, a former contractor for the nsa. snowden's contact was glen greenwold who plikd the documents for the tworld see, in the guardian newspaper. calling their actions justified, calling other as traitors or worse. snowden fled to hong kong and moscow, and he was defiant, saying some governments are building a worldwide system to secretly track how we live, who we talk to and what we say. i was motivated by a belief that the citizens of the world deserve to understand the system in which they live. today i talked with greenwold and asked him his what i thought about the recommendations from the advisory panel. >> these recommendations are from an advisory board that president obama created and staffed with his allies essentially. it is unclear whether the white house will adopt one or all of the recommendations but one of the recommendations is the main program which is the subject of our reporting, which a federal court ruled unconstitutional which was the collection of all americans metadata for their telephone calls, t

at the stories that shape twenty thirteen a year that saw cia contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden exposed america's far reaching global surveillance. it's nine pm in the russian capital you're watching our chief international and we have breaking news this hour for you it has been confirmed that fifteen people were killed in a suicide bomb blast in russia's southern city of volgograd dozens more were injured by the blast which was detonated at the city's central railway station. has the details. well the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber at the checkpoint at the entrance to the central train station and all of this happened q of passengers were standing there waiting for their luggage to be checked right now investigators are working there on the scene the president has sent his representatives to all get out to control the situation on the spot reportedly the blast was very powerful several stories of the train stations were damaged in it and here's how witnesses described what was happening i was inside in the waiting home i heard an explosion i didn't realized what ha

should brazil grant edward snowden asylum. hackers target target. the security grief is revealed just before the last shopping weekend before christmas. ceiling collapsed heaps of plaster wood and dust reign down on a packed audience to about 700 people in a theater in london. dozens of overs were hurt. and same-sex marriage, the state today joined 16 states and the district of columbia in allowing same-sex marriage. president obama reducing the sentences of eight people convicted of crack cocaine offenses. it was part of the white house's overall approach to drug sentencing and whether the punishment fits the crime. fast a longer sentence than somebody possessing the same amount of powder cocaine. criminologies originally crewed crack as more destructive, civil liberties call the focus discriminatory, since those convicted before poor and minorities. congress with bipartisan support passed the fair sentencing act. but it only applied to new convictions. people who have been convicted under the old rule remain in prison. a concern addressed last sum

or what should we make of edward snowden like edward snowden i guess i took an oath to preserve and protect the secrets. of my government and the white house and the president and i knew a number of secrets about what was going on in vietnam before the public did now legal secrets i mean secrets that the public should know about i knew of a bomb in cambodia ok i knew we were bombed cambodia long before the republic or the nation found out nixon told me because i wrote the cambodian invasion speech with him and i think i would have been derelict in my duty and i would have been virtually treasonous if i'd gone out and told the public that it might have created a big uproar on the hill and because i had taken an oath to preserve the secrets of the united states buchanan is a fierce warrior on the front lines of the american culture wars i asked him about his response to polls showing majorities of americans supporting marriage equality and pro choice in court decisions of holding those views that the american people have acclimated themselves to what i would call a steady series of defeats in

documents leakedly snowden said that the president spied on their president himself. she canceled a trip to washington and strongly condem condemned the united states espionage at an united nations assembly meeting. >> reporter: the only person that can grant asylum is the president. al jazeera, brazil. >> a gunman is dead and as many as four people wounded after a shooting in a medical center in reno, nevada. reno police reported that the shooter killed himself. the shooting took place at the renown medical center in downtown reno. a local television station reports one shooting victim is now in surgery. we'll continue to follow developments on this story. >>> the u.s. state department said it is looking into the arrest and treatment of an indian diplomat in new york city. earlier today the indian government removed safety barriers outside of the u.s. e embassy in india and is asking for officials to turn in their identify cardsidentity cards. >> reporter: indian officials say they're shocked and appalled by the arrest. they call it barbaric. the chief minister of on

snowden and so documents they decided not to publish and. i mean practically this isn't publish anything worse. than what we can understand from that is that there is a direct relationship between between the different power institutions in our societies and media is most definitely with one of the most important policy. that we have in the verses are three words that was media stand on a small stream wiki leaks founder julian assange and afghan journalist and. when you hear the name pat buchanan a number of associations are likely to pop into your head politician conservative commentator author syndicated columnist or perhaps even broadcaster at seventy five years old you can and has lived and worked in many different capacities but his passion has always remained constant politics r.t. had the opportunity to sit down with a lifelong politico and talk about everything from u.s. intervention in syria to the latest n.s.a. revelations artie's sam sachs has more. pat buchanan he served in three presidential administrations he ran for president

did show that alternative christmas speech did move it from edward snowden we did yes but it's there has been a concerted turning a blind eye and most of the national media in the case edward snowden here now and there are a whole range of different mechanisms that the government and intelligence agencies can use to control spies and to control the media within the u.k. when they're reporting on spy stories not least things like defense press advisory notice which is substance ship by the media as well as threatening and we trust these motivations secrets act as they did with the guardian and prosecuting individual journalists so there has been a woeful lack of meaningful discussion and not only within the gritty heat is certainly also the british political classes and it's interesting that i'm not as you say i mean how they're going to be talking at the c.c.c. tomorrow night about these sort of issues too and it's great to see the biggest gathering yet from people from across the world and particularly in europe i'm very very angry about this they cannot guarantee that their governm

. >> edward snowden - rattling washington - unclear on how many he knows. now there's talk of even giving him a deal. >> we begin with breaking news in massachusetts. police there investigating a security scare at one of the nations prestigious universities. harvard university place are looking into reports of explosives inside four buildings on the campus. they have been evacuated. students are on campus, and are there because they are scheduled to take their final exams. we continue to follow the story and will bring you more developments as they warrant. >> the northern city of aleppo has seen some of the worst violence since the civil war broke out. women and children in syria among more than 100 dead after government troops dropped barrel bombs filled with explosives. those there now are searching for survivors in the rubble. nicole johnston has the story. >> no child should have to experience war like this boy. he's clearly in shock. many people in aleppo will feel that way after a bombing raid on the city. in the al-haidaria neighbour hood bombs fell

well of course the examples of manning and edward snowden and your example julian of course showed us what revealing the cost of revealing i should say as days go by you still don't know your fate have you started having any regrets. not at all let's look at the shift in development over the past three or four years. the internet has gone from a politically up with it expects to a new international body politic which is just starting to find its feet it would snowden was. motivated largely by bradley manning's both by success of his revelations and by the treatment of over him in prison demonstrating that the us government lacks moral authority it is not possible to change this is to from within this very conversation is part of the purposes so. to a degree of the mystique that there is a new international cultural consensus forming it is largely embodied we've seen the generation of young people between the age of fifteen and thirty five and it becomes a war between the older generation and the large body of the younger generation the older generation is simply going simply going to

edward snowden does have political support in brazil. several legislators asked for his support in hearings about the n.s.a. the only person that can grant him asylum is the president. >> and tomorrow night on "al jazeera america" my conversation with glenn greenwalled. >> next, an ancient site gets a makeover. tÑ >> [ singing ] >> lots of music videos, catchy tune, years of great performances and enough votes to get them into the rock'n'roll hall of fame. hall and oates among a mix of artists, along with the duo, the class of 2014 is impressive: >> now to a different set of rockers. stonehenge. tourists will have something extra to see. emily haywood reports. >> they have watched over this land for thousands of years. stonehenge and monuments set deep in the corner of england. around a million people come to see the icon every year. >> what endures about the place is the puzzle it presents. no one has been able to say with total certainty what stonehenge is. >> some say it was a solar temple. others believe it's an astronomical compute

but is he ready to cut the fugitive snowden any slack? snowden was granted asylum by russia. he's charged with stealing and spreading classified information. major garrett asked the president about all this at the news conference today. major? >> reporter: scott, the idea of the obama administration granting amnesty or negotiating a plea agreement with edward snowden was first raised by rick leggett, he's the head of the government task force on the snowden leaks. under what circumstances would you consider either a plea agreement or amnesty for edward snowden? and what do you say to americans, sir, who believe edward snowden set in motion something that is proper and just in this country about the scope of surveillance and should not be considered by this government a criminal? >> the fact of the matter is that the united states is a country that abides by rule of law, that cares deeply about privacy, that cares about civil liberties, that cares about our constitution. so i think that as important and as necessary as this debate has been, it is also important to keep in mind

the programs we know about, it is believed that we have seen only about 1% of what snowden has. the other 99%, turns out not even the u.s. government knows what that will reveal. patty culhane, al jazeera. >> coming up. you i owner >> the judge handling detroit's bankruptcy case is handing a victory to those trying to block it. representing unions, retirees and pension funds to appeal to the u.s. circuit court in cincinnati. declaring detroit can move forward in its bankruptcy case. others fear it would slash pension payments to decrease its debt. >>> unemployment benefits expire at the end of the month. kimberly ducar talked to a woman in queens who is barely scraping by. >> her reality is far from the one she knew more than a year ago. she spends her days caring for her elderly mother who has suffered several strokes. >> i love my mom very much. and a lot of times i can't give her what i don't have. >> reporter: it's a far cry from the 11 years she spent in manhattan, working at an executive assistant. earning a wage that gave her the financial freedom to help her family. she

contractor edward snowden. we break down both speeches. >> speaking for under 2 minutes edward snowden wished great britains a merry christmas. and then transitioned in his request - privacy or the lack thereof. he said george orwell had no idea what new capabilities modern technology would allow people to snoop into private lives. he warned children will live their lives not knowing what privacy is. >> the conversation today is based in the technology around us and the government that regulates it. together we can find a better balance in mass surveillance, and remind the government that if they really want to know how they feel, asking is cheaper than spying. >> in contrast the queen gave a traditional address, and spoke for a great period of time, reflecting on the last year, 60 years since her coronation, and a moment us year when it comes to the royal family. >> my own family is a little larger this christmas. as so many of you know, the arrival of a baby gives everyone the chance to contemplate the future

thanks to the revelations of edward snowden. the keynote speaker at the hacker meeting this year was the journalist who made public snowden's story, glen greenwood. >> i think the power lies in the skills that you possess, the privacy inroads preventing the u.s. government and its allies from invading the sanctity of our communication. >> germans were shocked by revelations made by greenwald and edward snowden, past episode in the cub' cub's history. working with the nsa listened in on conversations with top european union officials, including that of unicef, calling that an outrage so they're suing britain for the european court of human rights. >> i guess the agencies and the chief of the agencies should be asked about their smieg spying capabilities and even sow we can have some hold on the future, spying didn't end just because the public knows about it, nothing changed anyway. >> many of the hackers didn't want to be filmed. they have long taken their privacy are seriously and feel there is even more reason to do so. nick s

and revelations breakthroughs protest edward snowden spy scandal a long awaited nuclear deal with iran global rallies against g.m. food and fracking we look at the stories that shaped twenty thirty. rock and watching r.t. international with me. my russian president vladimir putin has changed his new year dress and pledged to fight terrorists until they are fully defeated it follows two deadly suicide bombings in volgograd in just two days. off has more. the president changed his traditional new year's address location from the kremlin to come out of school in the russian far east where he's currently on an unexpected visit reading the new year with those affected by major floods which happened in the region last summer and led me to put in more of the things he talked about spoke about the challenges that russia had to face in two thousand and thirteen including the two weirdest terror attacks in the volga the president voices voiced his condolences to the families of the victims pledged to provide all the necessary support and help and also promised to continue fighting terrorists unt